Stage-scenery



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M. O. SHERWOOD. STAGE SOBNERY.

No. 389,414. Patented Sept. 11, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

MARY G. SHERWOOD, OF BUFFALO, NEWV YORK.

STAGE -SCENERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389.414, datedSeptember 11, 1888.

Application filed November 2. 1887. Serial No. 254,074. (NomodeLl To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, MARY G. SHERWOOD, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stage-Scenery; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to materially facilitate the productionand cheapen the cost of stage scenery'and to easily and rapidly effectchanges in or repairs of the same.

To these ends my invention consists, broadly, in covering the ground orframe work of stage scenes, flies,wings, and curtains with pictorialprints produced by chromolithography or other analogous process, wherebystage-scenery of any description can be kept in stock and furnished atshort notice, in order that new scenery can be quickly substituted forold, partial changes can be made in old scenery, and damaged scenery canbe quickly repaired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a scene and wing constructedaccording to my invention, and Figs. 2 and 3 are details of the same.

Referring to the drawings, a is supposed to represent the opening of thestage, behind which I have shown ascenc covering the whole space and awing at the left made up accord ing to my invention.

It will be observed that the scene is composed of squares numbered fromone to fortynine, which are each printed in colors sepaarately by thechromolithographic process, and which,when pasted together upon theframework of the scene,form an effective view. The wing at the left-handside is seen to be composed of parts numbered from fifty to sixtyfourand put together in the same manner as before.

larly constructed.

With my improved method of producing Flies and curtains are also to besinii-.

scenery a much wider range of effect is produced over the old process ofhand-painting, for after the stones or blocks have been cut for a set ofscenes the colors may be changed at will to produce varied effects.

Duplicate sets of scenery can be obtained with a merely nominal increasein the expense, and should the scene become soiled or daniaged it caneasily be repaired-as, for instance, if the bridge in the scene shown inthe drawing were injured it would be asimple matter to paste upon thecloth of the frame-work the squares numbered eleven and twelve, Figs. 2and 3, which are the same as those in Fig. 1. It will thus be seen thatstage-scenery of any description can be kept in stock and furnished atshort notice. In this way a theater can be quickly and cheaply furnishedwith a new set of scenery, varied in color or design, or both, orpartial changes can be made in old scenery to temporarily vary theeffect, while any damages to the scenery can be almost instantlyrepaired.

I claim 1. A theatrical curtain or drop composed of a suitable flexiblebackground-as of canvas or analogous materialand a pictorialrepresentation composed of a series of squares or sections of suitablematerial, having portions of the pictorial representation thereon, saidsections being removably attached to the background, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

2. A pictorial representation for scenes or curtains for theatricalpurposes, composed of a series of sections, each section having printedon one side thereof a portion of the picture, and being secured inposition by adhesive means, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARY O. SHERVZOOD.

XVitnesses:

HIRAM SHERWOOD, W. 'I. MILLER.

